The Bad News.
I heard the following several times today....
"If we weren't on experiment I would...."
"I wish we weren't on this experiment then I would..."
What would you do?
I would buy Diet coke...
Popcornopolis...
Sugar cookies...
And that was just me!
The girls said:
I would get Chocolate milk...
Cheese cake...
Starbucks smoothies...
Goldfish....
Jimmy Johns Sandwiches right now...
I wouldn't wait an hour for dinner....
Turns out when a treat-trained family turns treat-limited, people get a little wistful and grumpy. We also learned we all need to be better abt eating our meals, rather than getting up too late, or getting too busy, and skipping them.
The Good News!
Hannah and I went to this awesome market that someone runs out of their garage. We found some great deals on fresh produce. We bought 9 lbs of food for $4. I'll try to figure out the math below. Also, we bought milk and cereal today. And, when we figured our daily total after dinner we realized we had extra money left to in our budget today. So, we went for 50 cent ice cream and soft drinks at the market. While we were there they announced strawberries $1.50. We got those, too and everyone felt much better.
Breakfast
3 servings frosted flakes - $0.36
1 serving fruit loops - $0.15
3 cups milk - $0.45
Breakfast Total - $0.96
Lunch
Leftover pasta - free
Leftover curry - free
1 cup raw veggies $0.25
Dinner
1.5 1bs broccoli (1 lb/$1.50) - $2.25
1/2 lb cabbage ($2/6 lb = 0.33/lb) - $0.17
1/3 lb carrot straws ($1.30/ lb) - $0.43
1/2 red onion - $0.25
Oil for stir stir frying 4 oz - ($2/32 oz) - $0.25
4 packages Ramen noodles - $0.80
Leftover spaghetti noodles - free
2/3 gallon milk - $1.50
Dinner total - $5.65
Daily meal total - $6.86
Congratulations! This was our first $1 per person day so far.
So we went and got treats to celebrate.
Treats
3 soft serve cones - $1.50
2 soft drinks -$3
Strawberries on sale -$1.25
Treats total - $5.75
After dinner, treats, and a movie, Hannah found herself hungry again. So, she had a bowl of cereal.
Cereal - $0.15
Milk - $ 0.15
Hannah's midnight snack total - $0.30
Daily total - $12.91
Goal - >$14
Yay!
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